Bank deposits up to 158 billion lei

The deposits in lei and foreign currency of the Romanian population and companies continued to grow in June, advancing by 1.7%, compared to May, up to 158.04 billion lei (37.6 billion euros), on the backdrop of maintaining a positive trend for the deposits in lei, BNR announced Thursday.

In May, bank deposits had risen by 0.5% over April, to 155.37 billion lei (37.18 billion euros) after a 0.3% increase in April, as compared to March.
But the annual growth rate of the value of the deposits attracted by banks dropped to 12.3% in June, from 13.1% in May.

The RON-denominated bank deposits increased by 2.6% in June, as against end-May, to 101.76 billion lei (24.2 billion euros). Compared to same period last year, the RON-denominated deposits increased by 9.7%, reveal the data published by the central bank Thursday.

The population's savings in national currency increased by 2% in June, as against the previous month, to 60.04 billion lei (14.3 billion euros), while those of the companies rose by 3.5% to almost 41.72 billion lei (9.92 billion euros). Compared to June 2008, the population's deposits in lei advanced by 20.9% (14.2% in real terms) and the companies' dropped by 3.3% (-8.7% in real terms).

As regards the forex-denominated bank deposits, expressed in lei, advanced by 0.1% in June, as compared to the previous month, to 56.28 billion lei, but when expressed in euros, foreign currency deposits decreased by 0.5%, up to 13.38 billion euros.

Compared to the end of June 2008, the forex-denominated deposits of the population and companies increased by 17.3% in nominal terms and at the equivalent value in lei. Expressed in euros, the increase in the residents' forex deposits was only 1.7% as a result of the depreciation of the leu.

The population's forex deposits increased by 1.4% in June, as against May, to 33.11 billion lei (7.9 billion euros), at the equivalent value in lei, while the companies' deposits decreased by 1.7 %, to 23.17 billion lei (5.5 billion euros).

The population's forex deposits registered an annual increase, in lei, of 17.1%, while the corporate deposits in foreign currency (non-financial companies and non-monetary financial institutions), expressed in lei, rose by 17.5 % during the period June 2008 - June 2009.

Expressed in euros, the annual growth in the population's forex deposits was 1.5%, while in the forex deposits of corporate residents was 1.9%.

Curierul National